The second season presents five artists/groups with different musical genres: Diabo na Cruz, Pop Dell´Arte, Dj Ride, Linda Martini and Dead Combo. This one centers on the band Linda Martini.
Archives: Filmes
There is an anthropological side in all the works by Rivers. Like in a book divided by chapters, we discover in this film three mythological stories of Vanuatu, an island in Southern Pacific. Nature gives in return what it exposes. (M. V.)
The Drowning Room portrays an atmosphere that turns into liquid without people noticing the difference.
The third title of the second series “Musicbox Club Docs” is dedicated to DJ Ride.
A boy dreams of being a great soccerstar. One morning he leaves the anonymity of his gray suburbs to enter the glaring light of the stadion. There he meets an unexpected opponent who puts him on an acid test.
In conurbations where hundreds of thousands live alongside one another, in the era of a highly technological society, in which communication has never played such a significant role man has become lonely. Disappointed by his fellow human beings, he turns to animals. Dogs and other domestic animals serve him as companions, life partners, cuddly objects and bedfellows. We witness testimonies that serve as separators of a supposed narrative, where the characters look directly into the camera.
After Life in Loops: the Megacities Remix, Timo Novotny dives into the urban underworld and explores the magic of some of the most emblematic subways of the world, like New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Moscow, beginning and ending in Vienna. A cosmopolitan experience of hubs and tube corridors, inhabited everyday by citizens who are part of each other’s lives briefly, opposed to surface agitation. But in this visual essay, the subway is more than a public transport.
An unsupervised tribe of 75 children take over the entire city of New London, creating their rites and rituals through playing street games. Their vibrant spirit evokes hopes for the future but also melancholy about the glorious past of children culture d
The fifth title of the second series “Musicbox Club Docs” is dedicated to Diabo na Cruz.
The Door Ajar accounts the arrival of poet Antonin Artaud to Ireland, with a sacred object to return to its rightful owners. Six weeks later he is arrested for trying to enter a religious house.
Some people spend their lives flying away from where they are. Olga, the lady from the kiosk, also has this desire. But she can’t leave. Until the winds and tides carry and transport here to where she wants the most. Melece carries in hermself the great Latvian animation school, in a deeply Swiss film, well animated and narratively au point”. (M. V.) “
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Tudo fica bem quando as crianças começam a cantar as suas músicas favoritas. Mesmo que se pareçam co estranhas marionetas. (P.C.)
Gabriel is a confused sixteen year old in search of his identity. Along with a few of his closest friends, he is trying to figure out who he is and where he stands in an ever changing and complicated world. When he returns to Iceland from a two-week trip
A crime takes place and the characters of the crime are the building elements of the film itself – the décor, the music, the special effects, the ‘foley’, the author and the narrator – and each has their own idea of what the film should be. Thus a thriller” about abstract cinema is built, where everything is transfigured in an attempt to create a new language between the different parts that make up a movie. (R. F.)
Peter Whitehead shows the legendary Rolling Stones on and off stage during their tour of Ireland in 1965. It is celebrated here a younger version, ambitious, their golden years in the opinion of many. A stage before celebrity and a collection of unforgettable songs, the film was originally filmed in black and white and later restored in digital format by director Mick Gochanour and producer Robin Klein. In interviews the band members talk about the strangeness of fame in their everyday life.
“Holger & Vilde” depicts the strong friendship between a boy and a girl and how they change on their way to becoming adults.
Set against the backdrop of mile-long roads, neighborhood blocks, abandoned factories and lakes which make up Metro-Detroit, this story follows four young people as they search for love and adventure on the last night of summer: Maggie, Rob, Claudia and S
Opening scene: the Balloons Man sees himself facing an impossible mission ‚ he must take care of a group of children whose parents didn’t show up. He starts a route through New York and the balloons fly. Next scene: The Black Balloon has its own life and wants to interact with the people of New York. How will he take care of so many people? He has a plan. A strong return of the Safdie brothers. (M. V.)